Table 3: The impact of investment costs on electricity generation costs.

Change in investment costs

Electricity generation cost (euros/MWh)

Nuclear power plant

Coal-fired condensing power plant

Combined cycle gas turbine plant

Peat-fired condensing power plant

- 10%

21.04

23.71

25.82

30.31

- 5%

21.67

24.07

26.07

30.79

0%

22.31

24.43

26.33

31.27

+ 5%

22.95

24.79

26.58

31.76

+ 10%

23.59

25.15

26.83

32.24


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